Andy Schectman Predictions

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Track Andy Schectman's public market predictions and forecast accuracy. Each prediction is recorded from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.

17 forecasts 1 correct 1 wrong 15 pending
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17 forecasts
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Andy Schectman Gold Gold prices will begin rising after Labor Day, following typical seasonal patterns for fall
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[1:54] you could usually set a clock to Labor Day um where things start to change. You know, you got most of Europe is on vacation the whole month of August. So you get back into the Labor Day time and things typically start to take off.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-09-08 2026-12-31 pending
Andy Schectman S&P 500 September will be the worst month for equities, consistent with historical seasonal patterns
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[2:10] September is the wor and most people think it's October. I believe it's September. Uh historically that is the worst month of the stock market equities.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-09-08 2026-09-30

The prediction claims September will be the worst month for equities (bearish sentiment), and while the S&P 500 did decline slightly (-0.3% by target date, with a period low of -2.2% from prediction price), the claim is really about September being historically the worst month - the market did fall during the period, which is consistent with a bearish seasonal prediction, but the claim is more of a qualitative/historical observation than a specific magnitude prediction; the market did end down for the month which aligns with the bearish prediction.

Andy Schectman S&P 500 Equity markets will experience significant volatility and disorder heading into end of year 2026
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[3:06] I wouldn't be a betting man against calm and uh you know I wouldn't be betting the house on it being calm and and orderly heading into the end of the year. That's for sure.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-09-08 2026-12-31 pending
Andy Schectman Gold Gold will perform very well in the current environment of higher energy prices and inflation, contrary to the mainstream narrative that it should sell off
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[4:37] these expectations of higher energy prices and higher inflation mean that the Fed can't lower rates and therefore you know gold we're supposed to believe a narrative where gold sells off. Um it's it's really actually kind of silly because that is the environment where gold should do very very well.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-09-08 2026-12-31 pending
Andy Schectman Jobs Data The BLS will revise the most recent jobs numbers downward next month, continuing a trend of downward revisions
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[9:34] 38 out of 43 seems like a pretty strong trend to me. If you were a betting man, you'd probably say they're going to revise those numbers down again next month.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-09-08 2026-10-02

The prediction claimed a continuing trend of downward revisions, but the September 4, 2026 BLS report (released just before the prediction date) showed upward revisions to prior months: June was revised up by +11,000 and July was revised up by +44,000, for a combined +55,000 upward revision. The October 2 report's revision data is not yet confirmed, but the stated trend of downward revisions had already reversed. (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm)

Andy Schectman Inflation Rate Food price inflation will materialize in winter 2026-2027 due to supply constraints
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[14:08] I'm starting to see more and more articles say that they, you know, they're worried about um food price inflation this this winter. Not necessarily just because the input costs are going up, but it might just be supply.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-09-08 2027-01-15 pending
Andy Schectman Gold Gold has broken out of a falling wedge pattern and is in a bullish technical breakout.
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[8:49] if you were to draw a line from the top peak in the middle and underneath at parallel, what you see there is a a falling wedge pattern, right? That's very bullish if it breaks out. As you can see right there, it has broken out of that wedge program or that falling wedge pattern. And that is very very bullish in terms of technical patterns. And you'll see the same thing with silver. I believe that they have indeed.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-08-12 2026-12-31 pending
Andy Schectman Gold Gold will continue to move higher as smart money front-runs the reality that rates cannot be allowed to rise.
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[36:08] gold has nowhere to go but higher. So yeah, I think that there's smart money realizing this and and front running the the reality that that rates want to go higher

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Thoughtful Money 2026-08-12 2027-08-12 pending
Andy Schectman Inflation Rate Inflation will get worse, not better, going forward.
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[36:51] Inflation's coming. It's not going away. It's going to get worse. And uh that's what the traders realize.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-08-12 2027-08-12 pending
Andy Schectman Inflation Rate Oil-induced price inflation will run through the economy over the next 6 months, pushing inflation higher.
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[35:44] we haven't even begun to see the effects of the the oil induced price inflation which takes 6 months to run through.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-08-12 2027-02-12 pending
Andy Schectman US Dollar The US dollar will slowly lose its reserve currency status and collapse in value over the coming years.
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[20:17] we will slowly default on the reserve status. let the dollar collapse slowly, it still will have the rails of commerce, but if you save in it, you're dead.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-08-12 2030-08-12 pending
Andy Schectman Gold Gold will be much higher in the long run due to systemic dollar weakness and debt levels
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[29:04] I own it because I know in the end it's going to be much higher based upon a system that there is no way that the dollar can come back to a semblance of strength when we're 200 trillion in debt, when interest rates have nowhere to go but higher.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-06-24 2028-06-24 pending
Andy Schectman Silver Silver's current decline is a temporary breather and not the end of the bull market, with prices expected to recover
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[28:03] the price could still go even lower from here, but if I hear you correctly, you're saying, 'I don't think this game's up at all. I think this is a breather' ... Well, it's just I mean cost averaging for sure.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-06-24 2027-06-24 pending
Andy Schectman US Dollar The US Dollar will not return to a position of strength given the current debt levels and interest rate environment
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[29:09] there is no way that the dollar can come back to a semblance of strength when we're 200 trillion in debt, when interest rates have nowhere to go but higher.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-06-24 2028-06-24 pending
Andy Schectman Silver Silver will not sustainably break below $65 per ounce
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[46:25] I would be shocked to see it break silver break the 65 level or thereabouts where it was the last collapse that we saw... I don't think it violates it.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-27 2026-12-31 pending
Andy Schectman Gold Gold will not sustain a price below $4,000 (three-handle), as arbitrage demand would immediately absorb any such dip
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[46:25] I would be shocked if you saw a threehandle on on gold and it would last a matter of seconds as the arbitrage would just gobble it all up.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-27 2026-12-31 pending
Andy Schectman Brics Payment System The current war will increase urgency and catalyze BRICS efforts to develop an alternative payment system to Swift and the dollar
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[29:33] I would think so. Um I would think so very much. As you can see the lengths that the United States would go to um if if I am on the other side to um you know if you're on the wrong side of the US well this is what happens. So the only way that you can protect yourself is to set up a back door. And I think that is exactly this is the rallying cry.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-04-08 2027-04-08 pending